1976

Bird Waking Weather

4.5/10

Jette and Johannes have been living together for two years when Johannes suggests that they "legalize" their relationship. Jette loves him, but the pr...

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Bird Waking Weather

1971

Sleeping Beauty

5/10

On the occasion of their daughter's birth, the king and queen give a lavish feast. Among the guests are twelve fairies who endow the infant in the cra...

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Sleeping Beauty

1989

Ich, Thomas Müntzer, Sichel Gottes

0/0

1523. The Protestant theologian Thomas Müntzer is entrusted with the pastorate by the 'Allstedt Council'. On the one hand, he is to open people's mind...

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Ich, Thomas Müntzer, Sichel Gottes

1971

Verwandte und Bekannte

10/1

Using the example of three generations of a Hamburg working class family, the rise of the working class from the founding of the Wilhelmin Empire to t...

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Verwandte und Bekannte

1978

Dwarf Nose

4/3

Jakob, the son of a market woman, helps an old woman carry the groceries home one day. But the old woman turns out to be a herb witch. She enchants Ja...

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Dwarf Nose

1991

Lord Hansi

4.667/3

Hans Paschke has been putting up with his wife for years. The charmer and womanizer Hans Paschke is good-looking and has perfect manners, but has noth...

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Lord Hansi

1979

Lachtauben weinen nicht

7/1

The film tells the story of the smelter brigade of a steel mill whose members are connected by a strong comradeship. Among the workers are, for instan...

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Lachtauben weinen nicht

1987

Vorspiel

10/1

Tom, a 17-year-old window design apprentice, dreams about true love. One day, a new girl from East Berlin moves to town. Tom has a crush on her and wi...

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Vorspiel

1989

Schulmeister Spitzbart

10/1

1831. A village schoolteacher Matthias Spitzbart dreams of the ideal school and writes a textbook on the perfect educational institution. When he beco...

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Schulmeister Spitzbart

1993

Adamski

7/1

Horst Adamski takes a job as a department store detective and promptly falls in love with busy shoplifter Lili. His special approaches, however, rathe...

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Adamski

1982

The Just People of Kummerow

6.667/3

In a remote Prussian village, the shepherd Krischan with his fantastic stories is the attraction point for the children. One day they experience toget...

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The Just People of Kummerow

1980

Ich will nach Hause

0/0

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Ich will nach Hause

1980

Oben geblieben ist noch keiner

5.333/3

Willi Zubrodt is delegated by his department to a parachuting course at the GST. As he is not very disciplined, has no respect for the instructors and...

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Oben geblieben ist noch keiner

1950

Heart of Stone

6.212/26

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holl...

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Heart of Stone

1966

Die Mutter und das Schweigen

7/1

Based on a true story from 1936: Klara Baumann, a working-class woman, communist and mother, flees her German homeland for neighboring Czechoslovakia....

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Die Mutter und das Schweigen

1971

Zeit der Störche

4/4

Susanne and Christian get to know each other during a wonderful week in summer - and fall in love. This, however, leads to conflicts: up to now, Susan...

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Zeit der Störche

1969

Die Pferdekur

0/0

Becoming a tenant in a new-build apartment - what a lucky coincidence, especially as it is also located in Berlin! But every person is an individual a...

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Die Pferdekur

1972

Prof. Dr. med. Maria Fabian

0/0

Maria and Tatjana met during the Second World War and became friends for life, especially as they had to endure difficult days together during the Hit...

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Prof. Dr. med. Maria Fabian

1966

When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam

5.313/8

Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was cancelled in 1965/66 due to the film's poli...

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When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam

1978

Anton the Magician

3.714/7

A flamboyant comedy about love, work and money—revealing that the "planned" economy produced some unconventional entrepreneurial methods.

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Anton the Magician

1980

The Fiancee

4.875/8

The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancée enables her t...

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The Fiancee

1982

Exploring the Brandenburg Marche

8/1

On a forest road in the Brandenburg March, village teacher Potsch accidentally encounters the distinguished Professor Menzel, who got stuck there in h...

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Exploring the Brandenburg Marche

1952

Destinies of Women

6/4

Berlin 1952, seven years after WWII. Four women are looking for a good man and happiness in the divided city. Their destinies are loosely connected th...

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Destinies of Women

1977

You and Nothing and Berlin

4/4

A story about Ulrike, a ten year old girl who is looking for a new father with energy and determination.

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You and Nothing and Berlin

1972

Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam

6.889/9

Günter and Gudrun Piesold are very busy with their careers as a TV comedian and an actress, so Grandma takes care of household chores and childcare. B...

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Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam

1983

Zille und ick

3.667/3

Mostly fictional episodes in the life of famous german social-critical painter Heinrich Zille.

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Zille und ick

1989

Die Galgenbrücke

7/1

In the wintry Baltics, a century is drawing to a close and with it the era of the old Junker aristocracy. Pastor Erwin Wenger falls in love with the b...

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Die Galgenbrücke

1999

Heroes Like Us

5.75/8

A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a...

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Heroes Like Us

1961

Eine Handvoll Noten

8/1

Andreas works as an assistant in his father’s small-town bakery. However, he actually has other plans: As a passionate trumpeter, he wants to study mu...

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Eine Handvoll Noten

1967

The Banner of Kryvyi Rih

7.5/2

In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, give their flag as a gift to the locals of...

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The Banner of Kryvyi Rih

1973

Susanne and the Magic Ring

9/2

The twelve-year old Susanne is a dreamer and feels misunderstood by her classmates. She pours out her heart to an old lock keeper, who understands her...

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Susanne and the Magic Ring

1966

Alfons Zitterbacke

6.167/9

Alfons is very unlucky boy. Even when he intends well everything is going wrong, so his life is full of various mishaps.

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Alfons Zitterbacke

1957

The Wind Rose

6/3

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

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The Wind Rose

1956

Junges Gemüse

10/1

At a GDR farm, VEAB chief Amann bans cabbage in favor of cauliflower, enraging LPG accountant Gritt. Mistaking visiting writer Hans Brauer for a high-...

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Junges Gemüse

1955

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

7.143/7

This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn, 1918:...

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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

1963

Naked Among Wolves

6.273/22

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy shortly before the liberation of the camp.

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Naked Among Wolves

1983

Zwei Ärztinnen

0/0

Erika and Rüdiger Dörge, both doctors, had had a long happy marriage. One day an incident occurs in the clinic where they both work, which Dr. Erika D...

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Zwei Ärztinnen

1956

Recovery

5.667/6

The authorities expect the case of Friedel Walter, alias "Dr. Mueller," to be a straightforward one: he was working as a doctor without proper credent...

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Recovery

1966

Berlin Around the Corner

5.143/7

Berlin in the 1960s. Olaf and Horst are two young metalworkers, who provoke their older colleagues with critiques of the antiquated equipment and lack...

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Berlin Around the Corner

1983

Einer vom Rummel

7/1

19-year old Benjamin, called Ben, works as a cashier on the fairground und is impressing girls with his youthful self-confidence. After an argument wi...

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Einer vom Rummel

1983

Automärchen

6.2/5

This quirky episodic comedy weaves together three plotlines centered around the employees of a car garage, with some unexpected fairytale elements to...

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Automärchen

1959

Before lightning strikes

10/1

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1967

The Heathens of Kummerow

5.45/10

Kummerow, a village in North East Germany, around 1900: Mean-spirited miller Düker wants to drive cowherd Krischan out of the village. Being popular w...

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The Heathens of Kummerow

1976

Beethoven - Days in a Life

5.833/6

Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modes...

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Beethoven - Days in a Life

1978

Fleur Lafontaine

10/1

Berlin, 1948: Paralyzed and robbed of her memory, Fleur regains consciousness after a serious fall. The doctor treating her recognizes that her proble...

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Fleur Lafontaine

1976

Liebesfallen

10/1

This episodic comedy explores love in all its varieties.

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Liebesfallen

1973

The Devil's Elixirs

6/2

Young seminary student Franziskus has been ceremonially ordained. He wants to escape the harshness and injustice of the world and devote himself to th...

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The Devil's Elixirs

1981

Asta, mein Engelchen

10/1

Old Otto Gratzick is a porter at DEFA and a great admirer of Asta Nielsen. When the famous actor Hermann Gschwindner dies shortly before the end of hi...

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Asta, mein Engelchen

1980

Escapade

5.75/4

Edith and Wolfgang have led a fairly harmonious family life for many years, together with their son Danilo. Edith has long since got over Wolfgang's i...

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Escapade

1980

Dangerous Games

10/1

1934, Germany. The ten-year-old Peter lives in a small town with his parents. His father, an underground Communist, is arrested. In the summer vacatio...

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Dangerous Games

1980

Max und siebeneinhalb Jungen

9/1

Max Stricker, an old anti-fascist, informs a class of eighth graders before their planned visit to the former concentration camp in Buchenwald. But th...

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Max und siebeneinhalb Jungen

1978

The Beast Of Prey

10/1

After a wolf had killed a sheep in their village, 12-year old Roland and his friend Hugo keep track of the predator. Roland wants to build a trap to c...

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The Beast Of Prey

1977

Ottokar, the World Reformer

6.8/5

A funny story about fifth grader Ottokar who is always ready to fight for justice.

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Ottokar, the World Reformer

1978

Eine Handvoll Hoffnung

8/1

Berlin at the end of the 1940s. Anneliese Weyher is working as a switchboard operator. She is living with her aunt after losing her parents in the war...

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Eine Handvoll Hoffnung

1959

Erich Kubak

9/1

Erich Kubak is an excavator operator at the lignite plant. A technical weakness in the excavator, which repeatedly leads to production downtime, is ca...

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Erich Kubak

1967

Kaule

8.5/2

Eleven-year-old Kaule lives with his aunt in Hinrichsfelde, a small village located in Mecklenburg. The smart and animated boy constantly comes up wit...

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Kaule

1965

The Ancient Coin

7.5/2

History teacher and coin collector Karl Schneider wants to track down an ancient coin while on vacation in Bulgaria. When he meets a group of musician...

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The Ancient Coin

1960

Kein Ärger mit Cleopatra

8/1

The black cooperative Cornwall boar achieves single-handedly, so to speak, what the LPG functionaries in Bolbitz fail to do. He takes away the individ...

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Kein Ärger mit Cleopatra

1960

What Would Happen If...?

9/1

In the late 1950s, the collectivization of agriculture is in full swing in the East German village of Willshagen on the German-German border. Those in...

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What Would Happen If...?

1981

Schwarzes Gold

10/1

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1976

Rotfuchs

3.667/3

Letter carrier Eva is in her late twenties, unmarried and the mother of a twelve-year-old son. She falls in love with Jon, a bargeman who is unfortuna...

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Rotfuchs

1973

Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita

8/1

She is called Dona Juanita: the attractive young architect Anita Nachtigall, who manages a department on a large construction site with great success....

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Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita

1968

Murder on Monday

8/2

Photo model Monika Stange is found murdered in her apartment in a major West German city. Detectives Bentheim and Laube find rough diamonds hidden in...

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Murder on Monday

1964

Divided Heaven

6.409/22

After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred,...

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Divided Heaven

1960

Draußen vor der Tür

0/0

Based on a one act play in five scenes by Wolfgang Borchert, "Draußen vor der Tür" depicts the return of a former German soldier from the Eastern Fron...

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Draußen vor der Tür

1975

Eine Pyramide für mich

10/1

A conference is to be held once again to discuss the construction of a new dam, which Professor Paul Satie rejects. During a train journey, he spontan...

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Eine Pyramide für mich

1979

Für Mord kein Beweis

5/4

After a fierce argument Steffi Zinn′s husband leaves the joint flat and stays away from home over night. The next morning, his wife Steffi has disappe...

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Für Mord kein Beweis

1970

Junge Frau von 1914

7/2

In 1914 Berlin, bank heiress Leonore Wahl and struggling Munich student Werner Bertin fall passionately in love, defying class and her parents’ expect...

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Junge Frau von 1914

1980

Godfather Death

7/2

Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who had thirteen children. Since the farmer was so poor, there was never anything left for the youngest of t...

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Godfather Death

1982

Der Lumpenmann

8/1

Peter, medical student and son of old materials dealer Richard Müller, wants to get engaged to the daughter of the director of a local construction co...

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Der Lumpenmann

1984

Ach du meine Liebe

9/1

Detlev, a single insurance clerk in his 30s, is kept dependent by his loving and caring mother and loses his girlfriend Karin as a result. Grief and a...

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Ach du meine Liebe

1987

Altes Herz geht auf die Reise

7.5/2

Professor Gotthold Kittguß leads a secluded life, which is primarily determined by his books. His housekeeper, the widow Müller, takes care of all the...

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Altes Herz geht auf die Reise

1978

Sunday's Child Sometimes Runs Wild

8.375/4

10-year-old Kathy Montag moves to a big city in Brandenburg. Before that, she lived in the Harz Mountains together with her father Peter. Her mother h...

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Sunday's Child Sometimes Runs Wild

1984

The Swapped Queen

7/3

A tale about the evil queen who gets swapped with a simple and nice woman.

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The Swapped Queen

1960

Naked Among Wolves

0/0

1945: Buchenwald concentration camp shortly before liberation: Polish inmate Janowski rescues a small child hidden in a suitcase. A child in the world...

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Naked Among Wolves

1974

Zum Beispiel Josef

9/1

Josef Neumann has always been an outsider to society, and at the age of 30, he has already lived an adventurous life when he comes to the GDR. He was...

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Zum Beispiel Josef